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This part of IEC 60050 gives the general terminology used in solar photovoltaic energy systems, as well as general terms pertaining to specific applications and associated technologies. It has the status of a horizontal publication in accordance with IEC Guide 108, Guidelines for ensuring the coherence of IEC publications – Horizontal functions, horizontal publications and their application.
This terminology is consistent with the terminology developed in the other specialized parts of the IEV.
This horizontal publication is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of horizontal publications in the preparation of its publications.
Since 1987, IEC TC 82 has developed international standards in the field of photovoltaic systems to facilitate communication between experts from IEC and ISO technical committees, industrialists and users of PV technology. The first three editions of IEC TS 61836 have brought together the terms and definitions of the photovoltaic IEC international standards.
In 2018 the IEC TC 82 plenary meeting decided to publish the basic PV vocabulary in IEC 60050 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary and thus make the terms and definitions available online to a wider audience including governmental, non-governmental organizations and the international scientific and technical press.
IEC TC 82 selected 115 basic terms from more than 500 available terms to date. As only a few terms relating to photovoltaics are currently listed in the IEV, it was decided by IEC TC 82, TC 1 Terminology and IEC Central Office to introduce in the IEV a new section 'Solar photovoltaics' with the selected terms.
IEC TC 82 drafted the definitions according to the recommendations of Annex SJ Rules for terminology work of the ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement:2024.
The terms are listed alphabetically in six categories:
– photovoltaic cells and modules;
– other components;
– photovoltaic systems;
– performance parameters;
– measurement and testing;
– environmental parameters.
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